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Dean Porter Park

Dean Porter Park from directly overhead

Dean Porter Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Palmito Hill stands 11 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Children’s Museum of Brownsville, a museum 0.1 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates25.91567, -97.49541
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Linear Park: 0.4 mi
  • Prax Orive (Sunrise) Park: 0.4 mi
  • Edelstein Park: 0.6 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.7 mi
  • Garfield Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 9
  • Loma de la Montuosa Chica: 8.9 mi
  • Loma de la Jauja: 12.1 mi
  • Palmito Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Loma Tio Alejos: 14.2 mi
  • Loma la Lauja: 18.1 mi
Museums: 8
Artworks: 8
Gardens: 3
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Nature Park Rain Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Nature Park Retention Garden: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Isla Blanca Beach: 23.7 mi
  • Aurora 19 Public Beach Access: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dean Porter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Palmito HillE 82°11 m13.3 mi
Loma de la JaujaENE 75°9 m12.1 mi
Loma la CuchillaNE 54°9 m18.1 mi
Loma del MesquiteENE 62°8 m18.9 mi
Loma Tio AlejosENE 76°7 m14.2 mi
Loma la LaujaNE 37°6 m18.1 mi
Loma del IsloteENE 61°6 m19.7 mi
Loma de la Montuosa ChicaENE 75°3 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:4019:5220:25
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:1317:1017:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F636771778286868783787164
Precip in1.11.01.41.52.22.92.02.25.73.81.81.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brownsville, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pond Slider213 obs
  • Brown Anole205 obs
  • Muscovy Duck198 obs
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck184 obs
  • Anhinga164 obs
  • Queen142 obs
  • Tropical Checkered-Skipper142 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko118 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/35584111

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